Holding onto Shame

We believe the lies
of the flesh, of Satan…
We put our human judgment
above God’s forgiveness in Christ…
 
We make of ourselves a god
holding onto shame
our sin that was forgiven,
that was nailed to the cross…
 
We remain yoked to pain…
We carry such a heavy burden
losing our hope, our joy,
in the finished work of Jesus…
 
We walk forward fettered,
in chains of our own making…
We hold onto our shame
when our sin is already forgiven…
 
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August 3, 2025
Holding onto Shame
 
Based on #Isaiah53
August 2, 2025 Counseling training
“The Nature of True Confession and Repentance”
North Hills Church
Edited July 31, 2025
Touch my thick scar tissue – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/touch-my-thick-scar-tissue-v2.html
Based on #Jeremiah18:3-6
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Day 5, “Humbly Ask God to Change You”,
page 23, Q1, “If God were to fix forever the problem that brought you to re:generation, would it be enough to satisfy you? Why or why not?”
Edited July 30, 2025
My assault does not define me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/my-assault-does-not-define-me-v2.html
about the sexual assault against me in the Summer of 1973 in Westfield, MA
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Day 5, “Facing Christ, Ready to Change”
Edited July 30, 2025
Our jobs do not define us – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/our-jobs-do-not-define-us-v2.html
Based on #Luke9:23-24
Based on #Isaiah43:1-2
Fired from #DollarGeneral
on January 24, 2024, (even demanding my name tag),
After working 4,140 hours for calendar 2023,
79 hours per week, on salary…
“What was I thinking…”
Edited July 30, 2025
Expose what is broken – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/expose-what-is-broken-v2.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Day 5, “Humbly Ask God to Change You”,
page 23, Q1, “If God were to fix forever the problem that brought you to re:generation, would it be enough to satisfy you? Why or why not?”
Edited July 29, 2025
Holding on to Bittersweet – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/holding-on-to-bittersweet-v3.html
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 3,
“Acknowledging Sins to Yourself”, page 57 in book
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Small Group meeting
 
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